List of the largest software companies


Many lists exist that provide an overview of large software companies, often called "independent [software vendor]s", in the world. The lists differ by methodology of composition and consequently show substantial differences in both the listed companies and the ranking of those companies.

Forbes Global 2000

The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine, based on a mix of four metrics: sales, profit, assets, and market value. The Forbes list for software companies includes only pure-play software companies and excludes manufacturers, consumer electronics companies, conglomerates, IT consulting firms, and computer services companies, even if they have large software divisions.
The top 50 companies in terms of market capitalization in the 2023 Forbes list for the "Software & Programming" industry are listed in the following table :
RankOrganizationRevenue YearMarket cap Headquarters
1Microsoft261.820252,913Redmond, Washington, US
2Alphabet359.320251,973Mountain View, California, US
3Oracle55.782025388.36Austin, Texas, US
4SAP37.732025324.53Walldorf, Germany
4Palantir Technologies2.872025264.5Denver, Colorado, US
6Salesforce37.92025257.4San Francisco, California, US
7IBM62.832025215.15Armonk, New York, US
8ServiceNow11.472025195.67Santa Clara, California, US
9Intuit17.172025174.48Palo Alto, California, US
10Adobe22.042025156.72San Jose, California, US
11Palo Alto Networks8.572025118.15Santa Clara, California, US
12ADP18.92024103.28Roseland, New Jersey, US
13Fiserv20.7202599.16Brookfield, Wisconsin, US
14Synopsys6.14202486.45Sunnyvale, California, US
15Crowdstrike3.06202484.12Austin, Texas, US
16Cadence Design Systems4.64202579.45San Jose, California, US
17PayPal30.43202467.45San Jose, California US
18Workday8.42202563.72Pleasanton, California, US
19Roper Technologies7.04202559.9Sarasota, Florida, US
20Atlassian4.79202559.9Sydney, Australia
21Snowflake Inc.3.63202552.92Bozeman, Montana, US
22Dassault Systèmes6.75202548.61Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
23Autodesk5.45202447.66San Rafael, California, US
24Paychex5.2202445.23Rochester, New York, US
25Block, Inc.22.88202444.6San Francisco, California, US
26Fortinet2.6202345.6Santa Clara, California, US
27CoStar Group2.46202331.1Washington D.C., US
28Hubspot2.17202330.4Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
29Veeva Systems2.4202329.7Pleasanton, California, US
30Global Payments10.11202517.19Atlanta, Georgia, US
31Corpay3.98202522.62Atlanta, Georgia, US
32Ansys2.54202528.11Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, US
33Splunk2.4202024.4San Francisco, California, US
34Zoom4.67202523.21San Jose, California, US
35Akamai Technologies3.2202017.0Boston, Massachusetts, US
36Broadridge Financial Solutions4.8202016.96New York City, New York, US
37Gen Digital3.7202315.5Tempe, Arizona, US and Prague, Czech Republic
38SS&C Technologies5.96202517.91Windsor, Connecticut, US
39Citrix Systems3.4202313.2Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
40NetApp6.51202518.25San Jose, California, US
41EPAM Systems2.7202310.3Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, US
42DocuSign2.5202310.1San Francisco, California, US
43Twilio4.220239.8San Francisco, California, US
44Amdocs4.920238.9Chesterfield, Missouri, US
45Paycom1.520238.5Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
46Kyndryl16.120236.0New [York City, New York], US
47RingCentral2.220233.2Belmont, California, US
48MongoDB1.7202325.6New York City, New York, US
49Unity Technologies1.2202235.3San Francisco, California, US
50Okta1.2202216.3San Francisco, California, US
49Datadog2.68202535.0New York City, New York, US

All values listed in the table are in billion US$.